11-09-2018, 01:01 AM
Well, predictably, now that the midterms are over, so is the non-stop caravan fear-mongering by the White House and FOX News.
The focus now is on changing asylum rights to exclude migrants who enter outside of official border points; illegally.
Snip:
The Trump administration introduced new measures Thursday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, invoking national security powers to curb long-standing humanitarian protections for foreigners arriving on American soil.
The restrictions will invoke authorities used by President Trump to implement his “travel ban” in early 2017, according to senior administration officials who outlined them, and apply indefinitely.
The measures are expected to face swift legal challenges. Immigrant advocacy groups insist that U.S. laws clearly extend asylum protections to anyone who reaches the United States and expresses a fear of persecution, no matter how they enter the country.
“Those who enter the country between [official] ports of entry — i.e., illegally — are knowingly and voluntarily breaking the law,” one administration official said. “So it’s just important to remind everybody that while all immigration laws do afford people various forms of protection, the reality is that it’s a violation of federal law to enter our country in the manner that these illegal aliens are entering the country.” Full story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...cf68bf28af
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If this change gets invoked, I hope the government doesn't close ports of entry in order to push migrants who intend to enter legally into crossing illegally.
The focus now is on changing asylum rights to exclude migrants who enter outside of official border points; illegally.
Snip:
The Trump administration introduced new measures Thursday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, invoking national security powers to curb long-standing humanitarian protections for foreigners arriving on American soil.
The restrictions will invoke authorities used by President Trump to implement his “travel ban” in early 2017, according to senior administration officials who outlined them, and apply indefinitely.
The measures are expected to face swift legal challenges. Immigrant advocacy groups insist that U.S. laws clearly extend asylum protections to anyone who reaches the United States and expresses a fear of persecution, no matter how they enter the country.
“Those who enter the country between [official] ports of entry — i.e., illegally — are knowingly and voluntarily breaking the law,” one administration official said. “So it’s just important to remind everybody that while all immigration laws do afford people various forms of protection, the reality is that it’s a violation of federal law to enter our country in the manner that these illegal aliens are entering the country.” Full story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...cf68bf28af
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If this change gets invoked, I hope the government doesn't close ports of entry in order to push migrants who intend to enter legally into crossing illegally.